ARC Reviews

03/07/2016

Detective Bear. (Bear Patrol #2) by Scarlett Grove. ARC review.

She's destined to be his ... if he can keep her alive.

Underground ...

Gauge Stockwell is a detective working to infiltrate a drug ring. He’s eager to find his mate, and has just gotten a match on the human-shifter mating website started by one of the shifters on Fate Mountain. But before he can meet her, he gains access to the criminal gang and has to go undercover. Under lock and key ... Lola Lockheart is a prisoner inside the gang’s compound, held there by her stepbrother Justin, the leader of the drug ring. She used a secret phone to register on the mating website, but when she gets a match, the man’s profile is mysteriously blank. Even his name is redacted. Under fire As soon as Gauge sees Lola, he knows she’s his mate -- but the slightest hint from him will get them both killed. It’s clear from how the gang treats her that she’s not there willingly. Can Gauge and the rest of the Bear Patrol free Lola and shut down the drug ring? And even if they can, will a woman who’s spent years as a captive trust the stranger who yearns to claim her for his own?

Detective Bear Gauge Stockwell is a polar bear shifter working with the Fate Mountain Bear Patrol police force. He is going undercover to find the source of the crystal meth that is devastating the human community in Fate Mountain.
Lola Lockhart has been forced to live out in the wilds making crystal meth for her step brother. He will not allow her to leave. He torments her by telling her what he could do to her. There seems to be no way out.
This is the second in the Bear Patrol series and although you could read this on it's own, they are better read in order.
I must admit to being a little disappointed that our shifter didn't really use his other form much, in fact our heroine didn't meet his bear at all. They are very lovable characters and I think Lola will come into her own soon. It is a good story with lots going on, just not enough shifting for me.

Scarlett Grove is a Paranormal and Science Fiction Romance Author.

Between writing books she's wrangling two and four legged babies around the wilds of the Pacific Northwest. With a lifetime love of fantasy and science fiction adventure, Scarlett lets her imagination soar in her sexy romance stories. She loves the heat of an alpha hero and a strong heroine falling madly in love.